Hand and siphon flusher



Filed March 6, 1940 WW 1 MW IHII Mk Przizzh.

ATTOR N EYS Patented Apr. 22, 1 941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAND AND SIPHONFLUSHER Mike Pribula, Chicago 111. Application March 6, 1940, Serial No. 322,615

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to a new .and improved combined hand and siphon fiushertank, and is a continuation in part of my abandoned application Serial No. 235,534, filed October 17, 1938.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a flusher tank having a hand operated means and siphon means contained therein, each operated independently of the other to discharge water from said tank when used with closets, urinals and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined hand and siphon flusher operated tank having the above characteristics in which the siphoning means has limited downward movement within the tank wherebyactuation of the same will effectively flush a closet, urinal or the like without totally evacuating water from the tank so that flushing thereof may be accomplished by hand immediately following flushing by the siphon withoutwaiting for the tank to refill.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a hand and siphon operated flusher in which means is provided forming a part of the siphon which will render the siphon inoperative so that the tank can be refilled after the siphon has acted to evacuate the same, thereby permitting the siphon unit to raise with the flow of water in the tank from an inoperative to an operative position.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively .understood from a consideration of the follow-- ing detailed description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing which forms a part of the application.

In the drawing, the figure represents a cross sectional view of the invention and illustrates the hand and siphon flusher in operative position.

In the herein described invention, use is made of a siphon which operates to automatically siphon the water from the flush tank at regular intervals and deliver the same to a discharge pipe,

said siphon functioning in the manner disclosed the same. The bottom wall I of said tank is provided with a coupling element 8 to which is at: tached a discharge pipe 9.

The pipe 9 through its coupling 8 is attached to a T-shaped coupling II, the leg of the latter coupling extending through the bottom wall 1 and is surrounded by a suitable bushing II] whereby a substantially water-tight connection is formed. As is disclosed, the T portion of the coupling II is disposed within the tank and has attached thereto a horizontally extending pipe l2 whereby the pipe 9 is in communication with the pipe l2. An elbow connection l3 serves to attach. the vertically extending pipe M within the siphon indicated generally by the reference numeral [5. The opposite end [6 of the pipe [2 has an upwardly extending portion H which forms a seat for the bulb valve I8. The bulb valve l8 forms a part ofthe hand flushing means and is, fixedly secured to a stem l9 which is guided for vertical movement by means of the bracket 20 attached to and extending at right angles to the vertical member 2 I, said member 2| being secured to the coupling II as indicated at 22. The upper end of the stem I 9 is formed with a hook portion 23, said hook portionpreventing disengagement of the stem 19 with the hooked arm 24, the arm 24 being attached to the lever 25 which is pivotally connected to an actuating handle 26. Movement of the handle 26 will raise the lever 25 and arm 24 for unseating the bulb valve l8 to permit water from within the tank to be discharged through the pipes-l2 and 9, respectively. It will thus be seen that a hand operated means has been provided adapted to be actuated to discharge water from the tank 5 which means is totally independent of the siphon I5 to be hereinafter more fully described.

The siphon I5 is of substantially the same construction as disclosed in my patent, and it is not believed that a detailed description thereof is now necessary. It is clearly understood, however, that the main bodyportlon of the siphon member is slidable on the pipe i l to siphon the water from the tank 5 when the cup 21 becomes filled with water, the water being siphoned through the tubes 28. As the Water level rises in the tank 5, the siphon l5 will continue to rise until stopped by the chain 29 having one end fixedly connected with a lug 30 welded or otherwise secured to the pipe l2 and the other end thereof attached, as indicated at 3i, to a lip formed on the cup 21. The siphon I5 is movably mounted on the pipe l4 and comprises an inner tube 32 of such outside diameter as to move freely within the pipe It,

An outer tube 33 is associated with the inner tube 32 and. is of such inside diameter as to move freely on the outside surface of the pipe [4. The tubes 32 and 33 provide the means for supporting the siphon I on the pipe 14 while permitting said siphon to have limited downward movement. In

' tively flush a closet, urinal or thetlike.

Water is supplied to the tank 5 by means of the inlet pipe 35, which pipe is secured to the bottom of the tank by means of the lock nut 36. A conventional valve 37 is positioned within the pipe and is controlled by the float ball 38 and its associated mechanism 391. The angularity of the float ball can, be changed by adjusting the wing nut 40 so that the shut 01? valve 31 will close at the time that the water in the tank reaches the desired level.

To permit the tank 5 to fill at a higher level after the float ball 38 has closed the Valve 37,

there is employed a pipe M connected to and extending upwardly from the inlet pipe 35. Disposed intermediate the ends of the pipe M is a pet cock 82 which controls the discharge of water from the curved end 63 of the pipe 5!. As illustrated in the drawing, the pet cook 52 is in open position and the water is flowing from the pipe 43 and will continue to flow even though the valve 3'! has been closed. As soon as. the level of the water within the tank reaches the top of the cup 21 it will enter said cup, and the weight thereof will force the member i5 downwardly to thereby siphon the tank 5 through the pipes 28. When desiring the siphon I5 to operate intermittently, the pet cook 42 will remain open to cause a constant flow of water into the tank 5. i

The siphon member I 5 as described in my patent, further includes the use of a tube 5 3 which is positioned within the tube 32 and includes an angularly disposed tube attached thereto, the

end of which terminates within the cup as indicated at ifi. The tubes 44 and 45, respectively, cooperate to evacuate all of the water within the cup 2'! during the action of the siphon. The siphon has, however, been improved by the addition theretoof a tube 41 which projects from the upper end of the siphon and extends downwardly within the cup to a point substantially equal to the tube 45. It frequently occurs that the siphon member will not cease siphoning when water is entering the tank in a relatively large fiow at which time said member will be in the dotted line position. The tube 41, however, permits the siphon to rise with the flow of water since air will be admitted through said tube to prevent the creation of a vacuum within the space 48. The end of the tube t! being above the level of any water within the tank will be opened to the atmosphere and will remain opened until water starts to enter the cup 27.

From the above description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be readily apparent that a hand operated means and automatically operated means have been provided within the tank for flushing the same. The siphon member i5 will cause an intermittent flushing of the tank while the hand operated means is at all times operable since the level of the water within the tank will also permit the hand means to be operated even though the siphon has just completed its operation.

Also it will be understood, of course, by those skilled in the art that Variations in the hereinabove described device involving the substitution of'substantial equivalents for the devices described are intended to be comprehended within the spirit of the present invention and that the invention is capable of extended application and is not confined to the exact showing of the drawing nor to the precise construction described and, therefore, such changes and modifications may be made therein as do not afiect the spirit of the invention nor exceed the scope thereof as expressed in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising in combination, a flush tank, a water discharge pipe extending through the bottom wall of said tank, a second pipe extending parallel to the bottom Wall of said tank and connected to said discharge pipe, one end of said. second pipe having a hollow tube projecting vertically therefrom, a siphon mounted for limited movement on the end of said hollow tube whereby to intermittently fiush said tank, and hand operated means associated with the other end of said second pipe for flushing said tank.

2. A device of the class described, comprising in combination, a flush tank, a water discharge pipe extending through the bottom wall of said tank, a second pipe extending parallel to the bottom wall of said tank and connected to said discharge pipe, one end of said second pipe forming a seat for a hand operated bulb valve, said bulb valve being attached to a stern adapted to be actuated by a handle actuated to said tank, means on said second pipe for guiding said stem during vertical movement thereof, a hollow tube attached to the other end of said second pipe, siphon operated means mounted for limited movement on said hollow tube for intermittently flushing said tank, and means carried by said siphon for preventing the creation of a vacuum therein when said siphon is in its lowermost position.

MIKE PRl'BULA. 

